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Politics
Seven Million Turn Out for “No Kings” Protests Nationwide. Next Up, Massive Disruptions Backed by Unions?
People from across the country marched. Now what?
Luis Feliz Leon
2
Dispatch
Chicago Day Laborer, in ICE Detention, Says He’s Facing Retaliation Because Supporters Are Protesting His Abduction
“I was targeted for transfer to prevent my supporters from helping me.”
Sarah Lazare
3
Rural America
In North Carolina, Immigrants Resist the U.S. “Language Graveyard”
Speakers of Hñähñu, an Indigenous language from what is now Mexico, are banding together to preserve their culture.
Anya Petrone Slepyan
4
Feature
Cover Story
American Narcissus
Pete Hegseth is a modern-day Narcissus: preoccupied with image, extravagantly unqualified for his position yet extraordinarily self-assured, morally bankrupt, intellectually barren and as empty as a shattered amphora.
Kim Kelly
5
Politics
The Biggest Threat to Mamdani’s Agenda Isn’t Trump—It’s Wall Street
Wall Street destroyed New York City’s social welfare economy in 1975. Avoiding that fate under Mayor Mamdani will require popular movements to discipline the super rich.
Michael Beyea Reagan
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Comics
"Finanshul" Advice for Geriatric Millennials and Other Comics
New comics by Brian McFadden, Jack Ohman, Jen Sorensen, and Tom Tomorrow
Brian McFadden, Jen Sorensen, Jack Ohman and Tom Tomorrow
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Labor
Politics
The Data Brokers Fueling ICE’s Deportation Machine—And the Union Shareholders Fighting Back
"As investors, we are thinking about this as a risk to our investments, but also as a social and ethical issue.”
Maurizio Guerrero
8
Dispatch
“They’re Not Welcome”: How Chicago Residents Are Resisting Trump’s ICE Invasion of the City
As ICE wreaks chaos and violence in neighborhoods across Chicago, teams of rapid responders are protecting residents and challenging Trump’s attempted occupation by fighting fear through solidarity.
Danny Postel
9
Viewpoint
Politics
Charlie Kirk and the Free Speech Hoax
The Right doesn't really care about free speech, and their reaction to the murder of Charlie Kirk proves it.
Shane Burley
10
Feature
"If I Must Die," A Poem by Refaat Alareer
A poem written before the author's death in an airstrike by the Israeli military.
Refaat Alareer
11
Palestine
Recognizing Palestinian Statehood Is the Floor. Liberation Must Be the Ceiling.
One by one, nations formally recognized the State of Palestine. But what does that mean with Gaza reduced to rubble?
Hend Salama Abo Helow
12
Viewpoint
Politics
Why Does the New York Times Keep Ignoring Polls Showing Mamdani Leading with Jewish Voters?
Polling shows mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani in a commanding lead with Jewish New Yorkers, but you won’t read about it in the paper of record.
Adam Johnson
13
The 13th Largest Army in World Is Unleashing Violence in Chicago
As federal agents kill and use extreme force in Chicago, their budget surges.
Sarah Lazare and Lindsay Koshgarian
14
Viewpoint
Cover Story
Zohran Mamdani, Black Voters and the Left
Looked at closely, Mamdani’s campaign shows the crucial role—and potential—of Black voters in America’s insurgent left political coalition.
Asha Ransby-Sporn
15
Labor
Viewpoint
“Starbucks Is on the Ropes,” Says SBWU President Lynne Fox, Who Is Eyeing a Strike
"Investors should know that if Starbucks continues to stonewall and fight with union baristas, they aren’t afraid to do what it takes to win the fair contract that they’ve earned," Fox writes. "This includes going on strike if they must."
Lynne Fox
16
Feature
The Most Hated Woman on the Internet
Haters--myself included--have pummeled Amanda Palmer so far beyond recognition that it’s disconcerting to hear her actual voice in her new memoir, The Art of Asking.
Jude Ellison Sady Doyle
17
Politics
Is Economic Populism the Key to Winning Over Rust Belt Voters?
A new study from the Center for Working-Class Politics shows that voters in battleground states want fairness, accountability and immediate relief from rising costs. The results could point the way forward for a Democratic Party stuck in the wilderness.
Jared Abbott
18
Comics
"Sharing This Comic Is a Crime"
Our latest picks and commissions from In These Times Comics Editor Matt Bors.
Jen Sorensen, Ruben Bolling, Mattie Lubchansky and Brian McFadden
19
Labor
Viewpoint
A Strategy to Stop the Flow of Our Money to Billionaires
The trillions of dollars in our retirement savings are enriching the ultra wealthy while they ravage our communities. A mass movement led by workers and pensioners can turn off the tap.
Sare Myklebust and Saqib Bhatti
20
Feature
Financing Our Own Destruction
How workers’ pensions fuel attacks on the working class—and how to reclaim them for the common good.
Rebecca Burns
21
Labor
Viewpoint
Pensions Can Be Labor’s Weapon
Workers' pensions can help seed the ground for the next generation of union members. It's time to go on offense.
Hamilton Nolan
22
How Spotify Is Quietly Supporting the Military-Industrial Complex
Unbeknownst to most users, Spotify has a secret endeavor—backing the efforts of war.
Jennifer Stavros
23
Pentagon Budget Tops $1 Trillion. Now What?
How annual U.S. military spending broke the $1 trillion mark, and my legislative proposal that rescinds the Big Beautiful Bill’s $156 billion in Pentagon spending and sends people $600 checks with the savings.
Stephen Semler
24
Viewpoint
Culture
On Lizzo and Sex and Bananas, Oh My!
At the end of the day, the Lizzo story is not about sex: it’s about labor.
Yasmin Nair
25
Feature
Culture
Toni Morrison on Fascism and Censorship
In this reprint of "Peril" and "Racism and Fascism," Toni Morrison warns of the creative depths of fascism's reach.
Sherell Barbee and Toni Morrison
26
Labor
Departments
Pensions: "Captives of Wall Street"
We revisit Marc Weiss' take on pensions and power in this 1979 review of the book The North Will Rise Again by Rifkin and Barber.
In These Times Editors
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Labor
Culture
Weathering Backlash with Care Infrastructure
The Highlander Nursery School’s free socialist early childhood education helped sustain the Southern labor movement. Here’s what we can learn.
Briana M. Bivens
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